April remains a common girls' name (#542 in 2025), down from a peak of #23 in 1979.
April is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #542 for girl births in the United States (and #1,090 across all names), given to 557 babies. April was first reported in SSA data in 1917 and peaked in 1980 (11,472 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 557 | 557 | #542 | — |
| 2024 | 609 | 609 | #502 | — |
| 2023 | 588 | 588 | #516 | — |
| 2022 | 588 | 588 | #530 | — |
| 2021 | 594 | 594 | #519 | — |
| 2020 | 585 | 585 | #517 | — |
| 2019 | 636 | 636 | #492 | — |
| 2018 | 656 | 656 | #477 | — |
| 2017 | 695 | 695 | #455 | — |
| 2016 | 824 | 824 | #405 | — |
| 2015 | 807 | 807 | #403 | — |
| 2014 | 795 | 795 | #405 | — |
| 2013 | 718 | 718 | #424 | — |
| 2012 | 785 | 785 | #396 | — |
| 2011 | 796 | 796 | #396 | — |
| 2010 | 842 | 842 | #375 | — |
| 2009 | 914 | 914 | #355 | — |
| 2008 | 1,022 | 1,022 | #329 | — |
| 2007 | 1,093 | 1,093 | #310 | — |
| 2006 | 1,035 | 1,035 | #317 | — |
| 2005 | 1,055 | 1,055 | #302 | — |
| 2004 | 1,185 | 1,185 | #277 | #11,480 |
| 2003 | 1,118 | 1,118 | #278 | — |
| 2002 | 1,252 | 1,252 | #254 | — |
| 2001 | 1,300 | 1,300 | #245 | — |
| 2000 | 1,451 | 1,451 | #214 | — |
| 1999 | 1,559 | 1,559 | #199 | #10,013 |
| 1998 | 1,662 | 1,662 | #182 | — |
| 1997 | 1,602 | — | #188 | — |
| 1996 | 1,764 | — | #177 | — |
| 1995 | 2,076 | — | #155 | — |
| 1994 | 2,532 | — | #127 | #5,127 |
| 1993 | 2,949 | — | #112 | #3,831 |
| 1992 | 3,241 | — | #103 | #5,259 |
| 1991 | 3,864 | — | #88 | #6,556 |
| 1990 | 4,584 | — | #73 | #4,422 |
| 1989 | 4,760 | — | #66 | #2,475 |
| 1988 | 4,858 | — | #65 | #2,969 |
| 1987 | 5,320 | — | #58 | #2,275 |
| 1986 | 5,710 | — | #53 | #1,839 |
| 1985 | 6,716 | — | #47 | #2,172 |
| 1984 | 7,585 | — | #42 | #2,534 |
| 1983 | 8,232 | — | #39 | #2,214 |
| 1982 | 10,100 | — | #32 | #1,541 |
| 1981 | 11,429 | — | #25 | #2,205 |
| 1980 | 11,517 | — | #26 | #1,411 |
| 1979 | 10,938 | — | #23 | #1,599 |
| 1978 | 9,619 | — | #27 | #1,797 |
| 1977 | 8,094 | — | #29 | #1,909 |
| 1976 | 7,787 | — | #30 | #1,879 |
| 1975 | 8,274 | — | #25 | #1,708 |
| 1974 | 8,475 | — | #28 | #2,055 |
| 1973 | 7,285 | — | #33 | #1,985 |
| 1972 | 6,137 | — | #48 | #2,246 |
| 1971 | 5,958 | — | #56 | #2,129 |
| 1970 | 4,619 | — | #82 | #2,300 |
| 1969 | 3,815 | — | #97 | #2,420 |
| 1968 | 3,629 | — | #96 | #3,380 |
| 1967 | 4,479 | — | #79 | #2,246 |
| 1966 | 3,265 | — | #108 | #2,136 |
| 1965 | 2,817 | — | #136 | #3,950 |
| 1964 | 2,602 | — | #151 | — |
| 1963 | 2,201 | — | #175 | #4,064 |
| 1962 | 1,820 | — | #199 | #3,656 |
| 1961 | 1,814 | — | #201 | #3,369 |
| 1960 | 1,939 | — | #191 | #4,060 |
| 1959 | 1,569 | — | #211 | #2,831 |
| 1958 | 1,352 | — | #224 | — |
| 1957 | 1,308 | — | #233 | — |
| 1956 | 1,212 | — | #236 | — |
| 1955 | 1,251 | — | #229 | — |
| 1954 | 950 | — | #273 | — |
| 1953 | 822 | — | #290 | — |
| 1952 | 824 | — | #281 | — |
| 1951 | 503 | — | #356 | — |
| 1950 | 394 | — | #402 | — |
| 1949 | 464 | — | #365 | — |
| 1948 | 383 | — | #407 | — |
| 1947 | 512 | — | #354 | — |
| 1946 | 460 | — | #352 | — |
| 1945 | 242 | — | #457 | — |
| 1944 | 165 | — | #568 | — |
| 1943 | 220 | — | #502 | — |
| 1942 | 232 | — | #485 | — |
| 1941 | 176 | — | #525 | — |
| 1940 | 105 | — | #675 | — |
| 1939 | 58 | — | #925 | — |
| 1938 | 19 | — | #1,809 | — |
| 1937 | 24 | — | #1,541 | — |
| 1936 | 20 | — | #1,691 | — |
| 1935 | 15 | — | #2,104 | — |
| 1934 | 11 | — | #2,576 | — |
| 1933 | 11 | — | #2,547 | — |
| 1932 | 14 | — | #2,242 | — |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,877 | — |
| 1930 | 18 | — | #1,939 | — |
| 1929 | 12 | — | #2,591 | — |
| 1928 | 20 | — | #1,903 | — |
| 1927 | 15 | — | #2,343 | — |
| 1926 | 13 | — | #2,572 | — |
| 1925 | 13 | — | #2,625 | — |
| 1924 | 10 | — | #3,155 | — |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,398 | — |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,775 | — |
| 1920 | 10 | — | #3,105 | — |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,471 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #4,113 | — |